Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 100: The Ten Thousand Souls Banner—A Demon Cultivator’s Standard Equipment!
Looking at the system task that finally revealed its hidden dagger, Su Yuan chuckled with resignation.
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner, huh?
As expected, a task with a very Demon Dao vibe...
But damn it, this is a modern cultivation society! Does the damn system think it’s still the Ancient Cultivation Era when human life was as worthless as grass?
In this era, even if you’re a cultivator, if you dare to harm ordinary people, you’ll be sentenced as you deserve! No nonsense!
I really can’t afford a Treasure Sword, but the risk of sacrificing Life Souls for the banner is clearly greater!
Damn system, you’re really screwing me over!
Just as Su Yuan was furiously ranting at the damn system, the knowledge of refining the Ten Thousand Souls Banner flooded into his mind unmistakably and he quickly comprehended it proficiently.
Just like when the Ancient Corpse Refinement invaded his brain back then.
Clutching onto a final strand of hope, Su Yuan carefully examined the refining requirements for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, hoping to bluff his way through using animal Life Souls.
But the results were very disappointing for Su Yuan.
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner Refining Method explicitly states that you cannot use Life Souls with intelligence lower than that of an eight-year-old child to refine the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
If you forcefully refine it that way, the intelligence of the resulting Magical Treasure would be seriously lacking. It wouldn’t even obey commands, and as soon as it was summoned, the Life Souls inside would scatter like a hundred thousand pigs running away.
If you must use animal Life Souls for the banner, you’d have to use Life Souls from a Foundation Establishment Stage or higher Demon King with sufficient spiritual wisdom.
Also, if animal souls could be used to refine the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, why would anyone use human life for the banner?
Not to mention catching animals in the forest, I could just go to the seaside and use a net to catch fish. With one net, I could get a thousand fish, which not only provides a large catch but also over a thousand Life Souls. Wouldn’t that be nice?
Do you really think all Demon Cultivators are fools, willing to be hunted to the death by Righteous Cultivators rather than being diligent fish cultivators who get rich?
Well, I’ll just honestly sell lessons and stream, earning a bit of hard cash.
As Su Yuan was thinking this, Xiao Kong strolled over, holding a packed lunchbox, with a cold demeanor.
"Do you have something you need, Xiao?"
Su Yuan snapped back to reality and patiently asked the gold player in front of him.
Then, Xiao Kong earnestly said:
"Su Yuan, I admit your lessons are indeed worth it, but with just the experience gained from your tutoring, It’ll take me at least a month to perfectly master the Great Fortune Cultivation Method."
"But, I’ll be honest with you, after going home tonight, I’ll be logging into the Taixu Illusion Realm to simulate environments like national highways and fast-driving Great Fortune Spirit Vehicles."
"Although I can’t really build physical strength in the Taixu Illusion Realm, I can quickly accumulate proficiency in the Great Fortune Cultivation Method there."
"For a poor guy like you, it’s unfair, so you better mentally prepare yourself, ready to be surpassed by me at any moment."
After saying coldly, Xiao Kong walked off with a face filled with indifference.
Only Su Yuan, this poor ghost, was left standing there with tears of poverty... Yeah right!
Xiao Kong’s words suddenly made Su Yuan see the light!
He quickly reached out and called:
"Fellow Daoist, please stay!"
Xiao Kong paused for a moment, looked back in confusion, then got startled as Su Yuan seemingly teleported right in front of him.
Su Yuan grabbed Xiao Kong’s arm and sincerely said:
"Xiao, we are friends who studied under the same roof, right? Could you let me visit your Taixu Illusion Realm at your place?"
"Don’t worry, I won’t mess around or touch anything!"
Xiao Kong: "..."
With a slight disdain, he drew back his hand and helplessly shook his head, replying:
"The poor always seem pitiful. Since you’ve sincerely asked me, fine, I’ll let you experience the Taixu Illusion Realm."
"But only for tonight, it won’t happen again."
"Okay! Okay!"
Then Su Yuan called for a ride on Cargo Fei Fei, taking all of them back to the city, following Xiao Kong afterwards.
To Su Yuan’s surprise, Xiao Kong’s house wasn’t the aristocratic mansion he had imagined, not even a big villa, just a regular large flat in the city center.
Of course, it wasn’t ordinary at all for Su Yuan.
After following Xiao Kong inside, a sparsely furnished minimalist room with no sense of living space came into view.
"You live here alone at such a young age, where are your family?"
Su Yuan curiously asked.
Xiao Kong: "..."
Seeing the gloomy expression on the other person, Su Yuan realized he shouldn’t have asked that.
Don’t ask, because the secrets of the rich run deep.
"Don’t look around when you enter, follow me."
Xiao Kong snorted, leading Su Yuan into a room with a more updated login pod than the one used during the mock exam.
Not just one, but two!
"Young Master Xiao, why do you have two login pods?"
"One new model and one old. The latter is up for sale on the second-hand market, but nobody’s buying it for some reason."
"Oh, do you have a premium membership for the Taixu Illusion Realm?"
Su Yuan curiously asked again.
"Isn’t that standard?"
Xiao Kong made a typical rich man’s statement lacking common understanding.
"Alright, stop rambling. You go use the old login pod, but only for an hour."
With that, Xiao Kong lay down on the new login pod.
Su Yuan quickly lay in the old login pod, and with a wave of Illusionary Spiritual Power, the login interface of the Taixu Illusion Realm appeared before his eyes.
Unlike the exam machine last time, this private Taixu Illusion Realm login pod allows mode selection.
There’s no need to mention the single-player mode, even the multi-player mode has two types.
One is the normal invite-friends-to-play option, and the other is entering a massive online game-like Taixu Main World, which requires a premium membership to log into.
As Su Yuan prepared to enter single-player mode, a pop-up window for multi-player mode automatically appeared:
"Your friend ’Kong Xiao’ is detected logging into the Taixu Illusion Realm, would you like to invite them to join the game?"
Su Yuan, feeling adventurous, with a twitch of his fingers, hit "Yes".
Within the login interface, seeing "AAA Su Yuan (Part-time @ Taihua High School)"’s invite, Xiao Kong couldn’t help but roll his eyes and accepted it.
In the next second, both appeared in the same empty square.
"Why’d you invite me?"
Xiao Kong asked irritably.
Su Yuan embarrassedly grinned:
"My hand slipped for a moment. Ignore me, you continue your practice."
Xiao Kong was suddenly a bit angry, but eventually too lazy to log out and back in again, deftly toggled a few settings, and the surroundings changed, revealing the busy night highway in front of them.
Su Yuan acted as if he were air, quietly watching from the side.
Then, he watched as Xiao Kong charged through the traffic, dodging left and right, only to be swept under the wheels of a thousand-ton truck.
"Your friend has died!"
A notification from the Taixu Illusion Realm sounded in his ear.
Su Yuan remained silent, stealthily moved closer to the highway, and quietly performed the Soul Capturing Technique from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner Refining Method.
Xiao Kong’s soul gently floated into Su Yuan’s hand.
[Task Progress: Capture Life Soul (1/10000)]
However, the next second, Xiao Kong’s soul suddenly disappeared from Su Yuan’s hand, and an unharmed Xiao Kong appeared before Su Yuan.
[Task Progress: Capture Life Soul (0/10000)]
Su Yuan let out a regretful sigh.
He casually conjured up a virtual mannequin resembling Jin Hao, slashed it with a sword, and captured its Life Soul, which also increased the task progress.
Indeed, Life Souls obtained in the Taixu Illusion Realm, designated by the system as an "Otherworld," can be used for refining the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
